{"product_id":"essaying-shakespeare-karen-newman-9780816655908","title":"Essaying Shakespeare","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA pioneering scholar of Shakespeare and early modern letters provides an overview of work in the field\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor more than twenty-five years, Karen Newman has brought her critical acumen to bear on early modern studies. In this collection of her essays on Shakespeare-some acknowledged classics and others never before published-Newman shows how changing theoretical trends have shaped Shakespeare studies, from new historicism and gender studies to critical race studies and globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e Central to Newman's work is social exchange, or the circulation of people and objects. At least two of these essays have had a powerful and lasting impact on Shakespeare studies: \"Renaissance Family Politics and Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eThe Taming of the Shrew\u003c\/i\u003e\" and \"'And wash the Ethiop White': Femininity and the Monstrous in \u003ci\u003eOthello\u003c\/i\u003e.\" Three essays appear in print for the first time: an examination of clothing of the poor and the portrayal of the king as a beggar in \u003ci\u003eRichard II\u003c\/i\u003e; a stinging review of Harold Bloom's book \u003ci\u003eShakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of the Human\u003c\/i\u003e; and a rethinking of claims about the globalization of culture and cultural translation.\u003ci\u003eEssaying Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles Newman's own critical development to provide a significant map of critical work on Shakespeare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karen Newman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816655901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816655908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2009 pg. 277","brand":"Karen Newman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46962038505727,"sku":"9780816655908","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_96407696-ab80-4379-ad8e-3e85d59830a8.jpg?v=1750649134","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/essaying-shakespeare-karen-newman-9780816655908","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}